Former Soviet Union

US revives Cold War submarine spy program to counter China

The revival of the multibillion-dollar effort, known as the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS), comes as China has ramped up military exercises around Taiwan.

By REUTERS
21/09/2023

Russia's Medvedev hints at future Russian invasion of Georgia

"The idea of joining Russia is still popular in Abkhazia and South Ossetia," Medvedev, a former Russian president, wrote in an article.

By REUTERS
23/08/2023

Ukraine gets rid of Soviet symbols on Motherland monument in Kyiv

The move has its roots in a movement to “decommunize” - or shed memories of the former Soviet Union - which Ukraine has stepped up since Russia's all-out invasion last year.

By REUTERS
06/08/2023

Israel must immediately bring more olim from the former Soviet Union - opinion

The system of making Aliyah must be immediately changed, adapted, and streamlined, as it was in the 1980s.

British World War II planes discovered in Ukraine

In total, 3000 models of the plane had been sent to help the USSR fight off the Nazis from 1941 until 1944. 

On this day 60 years ago: Russian astronaut becomes first woman in space

The goal of Tereshkova's mission was to compare the impact of outer space between male and female bodies.

Robert Hanssen, FBI agent who spied for Russia, found dead in prison

Hanssen, 79, was sentenced in 2002 to life in prison after pleading guilty to spying for the Soviet Union and later Russia for over 20 years.

By REUTERS
06/06/2023

American Jews need a Soviet-style activist defense org. - opinion

In using public protests and street demonstrations to attract notice, Soviet Jewish activists changed Jewish history.

By RON RUBIN
01/06/2023

Former Soviet Union nations have no legal status - Chinese ambassador

A French official said on Monday that Shaye will receive a "very firm" update at the French Foreign Ministry on Monday.

Paris, Kyiv, Baltic states dismayed after China envoy questions Ukraine sovereignty

The three Baltic states and Ukraine, all formerly part of the Soviet Union, reacted along the same lines as France.

By REUTERS
23/04/2023
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